Public Law 119-120 (10/07/2026)
Chapter 2 Submarine Cables
Browse 0 units and 19 sections in Chapter 2 Submarine Cables of Title 47.
Sections in Chapter 2
§ 21
Submarine cables; willful injury to; punishment
§ 22
Negligent injury to submarine cables; punishment
§ 23
Injury to submarine cables in efforts to save life excepted
§ 24
Vessels laying cables; signals; avoidance of buoys
§ 25
Fishing vessels; duty to keep nets from cables
§ 26
Duties of commanders of warships
§ 27
Offending vessels to show nationality
§ 28
Penalties not to bar suits for damages
§ 29
Master of offending vessel punishable
§ 30
Definitions
§ 31
Summary trials
§ 32
Application
§ 33
Jurisdiction and venue of actions and offenses
§ 34
Licenses for landing or operating cables connecting United States with foreign country; necessity for
§ 35
Withholding or revoking of licenses by President; terms and conditions of licenses
§ 36
Preventing landing or operating of cables; injunction
§ 37
Violations; punishment
§ 38
“United States” defined
§ 39
Amendment, modification, etc., of rights granted